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China: charter flights to repatriate Wuhan citizens now overseas

China will use charter airplanes for the repatriation of fellow citizens residing in the province of Hubei who are abroad, in the midst of the coronavirus epidemic that has the provincial capital Wuhan as its outbreak. “In light of the practical difficulties recently encountered abroad by the citizens of Hubei, especially Wuhan, the government has decided to send civilian charter flights to repatriate them as soon as possible,” said the Foreign Ministry spokesman, Hua Chunying, taken from the People’s Daily